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Rise in SME insurance available online

Almost a quarter of products available in the office and retailers market are now...

Y3S strengthens team

Y3S Group has added a further 16 staff members to help cope with the...

SHIP wants more from political parties

Safe Home Income Plans (SHIP), the equity release providers' trade body, has urged each...

High street banks’ complaints handling criticised

The FSA is making five banks undertake major chances to their complaints handling, while...

Bridgewater forums move to Slough and Falkirk

Home reversion provider Bridgewater Equity Release has announced post-election equity release broker forums in...

Lloyds Banking Group back into profit

In the first quarter of 2010 Lloyds Banking Group returned to profitability on a...

New face at Positive Lending

Positive Lending has announced the appointment of Glenn Codd as head of commercial lending. He...

The Nottingham joins MI panel

Nottingham Building Society have been added to Mortgage Intelligence Holdings's lender panel. All Appointed Representative...

The Debt Advisor gains DEMSA status

The Debt Advisor has been accepted as a member of DEMSA (Debt Managers Standard...

Average pensioner debt totals £36k

One in two over-65s owes money on mortgages, loans, cards and overdrafts, according to...

Optimism &quotflooding back&quot to BTL market

28% of landlords polled by LSL Property Services (which owns the UK's largest lettings...

Home of Choice ‘acquisition’ behind payment delays

Home of Choice appointed representatives have been contacting BestAdvice.net this morning after being told...

Provider withdrawals worsen equity release results

The value of the equity release market has fallen by 13% from £244.7 million...

TMA on the way to Wembley

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) is to hold two focus groups for directly authorised brokers...

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Stability is not a slowdown; it’s exactly what the bridging market needs

So, according to the recent Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) figures, bridging completions fell in Q2. Cue the usual hand-wringing. The headlines landed, the...

The rise of the silver pound

UK house prices may have cooled from their peak, but affordability pressures remain acute. Even with recent adjustments to interest rates, rising property values have...

Staggering stamp duty will make it easier for people to move

A proposal to spread stamp duty land tax payments across several years, in an effort to drive growth and boost the housing market, is...

Making Digital Sales Ready properties the norm, not the exception

Digital Sales Ready listings and upfront information have the potential to transform the home buying and selling journey, creating faster, more transparent transactions with...

Supercharging affordability: a broker’s tool for unlocking complex cases

If you could choose a superpower, what would it be? The ability to see the future? To slow down time? To get every case...

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Generation X faces retirement squeeze with smaller pensions than parents

Generation X risks becoming the first cohort to retire with less financial security than...

Leasehold reforms stall as sector warns of ‘real-world consequences’

The government is under mounting pressure to accelerate leasehold reform as the body representing...

Zoopla warns cost pressures mean housing targets are at risk

The government’s flagship target to deliver 1.5m new homes over the next five years...

UTB cuts bridging loan minimum and lowers regulated rates

United Trust Bank has unveiled a package of bridging loan changes aimed at making...